Giuseppe Tellera

Giuseppe Tellera (14 March 1882-7 February 1941) was a Lieutenant-General of the Royal Italian Army who commanded the Italian 10th Army in Libya during World War II.

Biography
Giuseppe Tellera was born on 14 March 1882 in Bologna, and he graduated from the Modena Military Academy in 1902. Tellera distinguished himself during World War I, and he rose in the ranks between the wars. In July 1938, Italo Balbo appointed Tellera the Chief-of-Staff of the High Command of Italian North Africa, and on 23 December 1941 he was appointed to take over the Italian 10th Army from Mario Berti during World War II. The United Kingdom was counterattacking against the Italians in Operation Compass, and on 7 February 1941 he was mortally wounded in the Battle of Beda Fomm while commanding the Italian troops from a tank. After the tank was disabled, British forces found him, and he died soon after.